Brush-holder



0. C. MALCOLM. BRUSH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-6, 1920.

, 1,394,205, Patented 001. 18,1921.

v INVENTOR. 0. 6 2761/60/02.

' ATTORNEY.

PATENT OFFICE.

ORMOND C. MALCOLM, 0F AUBURN, NEW YORK.

BRUSH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Application filed August 6, 1920. Serial No. 401,641.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ORMOND C. MALCOLM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Auburn, in the county of (Jayuga andState of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in 9. Brush- Holder, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brush holders and more particularly to paintbrush holders for protecting such brushes when not in use.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder of this characterwhich will completely incase the bristles of the brush and yet permit apreserving liquid to contact with the bristles.

Another object is to provide a brush holder having means for supportingit out of contact with the bottom of a bucket or other support and whichmay be suspended from the edge of the bucket top if desired.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists. in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a brush holder constructed inaccordance with this invention and shown in closed position;

Fig. 2 is an edge View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a. similar view taken from the opposite edge.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the holder shown in open position with abrush mounted therein, and,

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section thereof, taken on the line 5--5 of Fig.1.

In the embodiment illustrated the brush holder constituting thisinvention is shown in the form of aprotective casing 1 composed of twosections 2 and 3 preferably of uniform size and shape and hingedlyconnected at one edge by hinges 4, the free edges thereof being securedwhen the sections are closed by latches or clips 5.

These sections 2 and 3 as shown taper toward theirupper ends to adaptthem for use in connection with a paint brush shown at B but obviouslythey may be used in connection with other brushes and when so used areshaped to conform to the shape thereof.

The sections 2 and 3 have inturned flanges 6 at their lower ends whichmeet when the sections are closed and protect the edge of the brushpreventing said edge from becommg bent or injured. These sections 2 and3 have inwardly offset bristle engaging members 7 at their lower endswhich are here shown instruck with shoulders 7 which engage the lnnerends of the bristles adjacent the head of the brush see Big. 5) toprevent the (welght of the brush resting on the bristles. Theseinstruck' ortions are equlppe'd with apertures 8, similar aperturesbeing formed in the sections adjacent these portlons 7 to permit thepreserving fluid to enter the casing and keep the bristles of the brushsoft.

The bristle engaging elements 7, as is shown clearly in Fig. 5, clampthe bristles between them to prevent undue spreading thereof.

The casing or holder 1 is provided at its lower end with longitudinallyextending fingers 9 spaced laterally from each other and designed toform feet for supporting the casing out of contact with the bottom. ofthe paint pot or other supnor IL hook 10 is carried by the upper end ofone of the sections and is designed to be engaged with the ed e of abucket or paint pot when it is desired to suspend a holder therefrom.Obviously this hook may be engaged with any other suitable support.

In the use of this holder the brush B after having been cleaned isplaced therein in the position shown in Fig. 4 and the sections are thenclosed and secured together by the fasteners 5. The holder will then behung by the hook 10 on a suitable snmoort or it may be placed in acontainer having a preserving liquid therein such as oil which entersthe casing 1 through the apertures 8 and retains the bristles of thebrush in soft flexible condition.

The preferred embodiment of thevinvention is dis" losed in the drawingsand set forth in the" specificatiom-but it will be understood that anymodifications within the scope of the claim may be made in theconstruction without departing from the principle of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages. V

What I claim is: I

A brush holder comprising sections hingedly connected along one sideedge and having means for detachably connecting their free edges, saidseetlons having 1nstruck portions arranged to clampingly engage theentire outer faces of the bristles of 5 the brush to be housed in thecasing and retain them in proper Shane, said portlons having shouldersto engage the brush at the junction of the bristles with the head tohold the brush against longitudinal movement in one direction andprevent the weight 10 of the brush from resting on the bristles.

In testimony whereof, affix my signature hereto.

ORMOND o. MALCOLM.

